Construction of SABRE, Australia's first full-scale dark matter detector

澳大利亚第一个全尺寸暗物质探测器 SABRE 的建造

• 批准号: LE190100196
• 负责人: Prof Gregory Lane
• 金额: $ 71.97万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-08-07 至 2022-08-06
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE190100196
• 关键词: Construction; SABRE; Australia; first; full

This project aims to complete the SABRE South dark matter detector with the most radio-pure sodium-iodide crystals installed in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory. Existing evidence for dark matter is indirect, but the southern hemisphere location and operation, in conjunction with a similar detector in Italy, provides crucial advantages for resolving a dark matter signal from seasonal backgrounds. The expected outcome is to search for dark matter from 2019-2022 and, in doing so, resolve whether one of the most persistent and enigmatic signals for dark matter is real. The benefits will include scientific understanding of the universe, Australian leadership in big science, and significant technological advances. The discovery of dark matter would have an immense impact, similar to that involving the detection of the Higgs boson and gravitational waves.

该项目旨在用Stawell Underground Physics实验室中安装的最无线电 - 碘化物晶体来完成Saber South Dark Matter探测器。现有的暗物质证据是间接的，但是南半球的位置和操作与意大利的类似探测器结合使用，为解决季节性背景的暗物质信号提供了至关重要的优势。预期的结果是从2019 - 2022年开始搜索暗物质，并解决深色物质最持久和最神秘的信号之一。好处将包括对宇宙的科学理解，澳大利亚大型科学领域的领导以及重大的技术进步。暗物质的发现将产生巨大的影响，类似于涉及希格斯玻色子和重力波的检测。